What is Spina Bifida
Spina bifida is a Latin term which means "split spine" and describes birth defects caused by an incomplete closure of one or more vertebral arches of the spine, resulting in malfor...
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I'm just wondering if anyone else has had the same issue. The left side of my body has always been weaker than the left. Anybody else have a similar experience? My left foot is about a half shoe size smaller than the right; my left leg is about a quarter inch shorter than the right; and I've always had more muscle tightness, weakness, and balance problems with my left side. Is this common?
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yes it is danielle....I have all the same situations as you do, on my left side too... 
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my daughter is 1 and half with sb. and her left side is the same way..
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I guess everyone is different but my left side is stronger than my right.. not that noticeably so though but if I'm going up stairs or something, I always lead with my left leg because it's the stronger of the two.
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My right side is my "rock" side and I depend on it. Left side (from the waiste down) is weaker. Odd enough, though, I'm left handed :)
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Yeah, I'm left handed too. :)
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I am 32 with Spina Bifida, and have the same problem. My left leg is the weaker one. I have trouble getting my foot and leg to do what I want it to do. My right side is my dominent side (I'm right-handed, too), so it seems I always injure my right side since I use it more often. Yet my right side is and always has been my stronger side. I am thinking of asking my doctor to refer me to a physical therapist to strengthen my right side. Hopefully that will do some good.
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38 with SB....right handed and right side has always been my stronger side. Had knee replaced on right side so I had to try to use my left side (much weaker) to balance and depend on it more when I was trying to recover from surgery and regain strength in right side. Quite a funny sight at times ..haha...so now I just say my right side is my bionic side and I'm 5'4 on the left and 5'5 on the right..haha. Have to find the humor somewhere =)
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just as a P.S. It's just common in everyone that one side is more dominent and stronger/weaker/larger/smaller than the other, it's just more noticeable in us SB' ers. Stay strong and live large!
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That's true about the dominance thing and my right is stronger but it is also a lot shorter than the left and I don't think that holds in the general population.
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